I learned a happy phrase in Italian: gnam, gnam, gnam— literally yum, yum, yum— on gourmet explorations from our Mediterranean cruise on Celebrity Beyond.
With dozens of shore excursions to choose from on this cruise along the coasts of France and Italy on Celebrity Beyond, the most exclusive of all are small group cuisine tours. Instead of all-day tours to the Cinque Terre, we opted for a small group morning excursion for tastings and cooking tips in artisanal restaurants and markets. And rather than hours in a bus for a full day in Florence or Pisa, that we’ve often visited in the past, we signed up for a visit to an historic Tuscan family farm that grows everything from the wheat for its pasta to truffles on its beautiful fields.
Celebrity’s tours made for memorable, personal experiences. A word of warning, though: skip breakfast or lunch before you head out because they do feed you on these food tours and may offer more wine in a morning than you might drink in an entire evening with your meals.
Read it all in The Cruisington Times